Utah's growing tourism industry and the star-studded Sundance Film Festival are being targeted for a boycott by bloggers, gay rights activists and others seeking to punish the Mormon church for its aggressive promotion of California's ban on gay marriage.

Passengers will be able to go from the shores of the Great Salt Lake to the banks of the Seine without stopping next summer. Delta Air Lines on Thursday introduced a new non-stop route from Salt Lake International Airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. It's the first trans-Atlantic flight from Utah, which is a major hub for Atlanta-based Delta.

Delta Air Lines is working on direct flights to Europe from Salt Lake City, although the specific destination still is under wraps. "We plan on having an announcement about our 2008 international flight (from Salt Lake) in the next couple of weeks," Delta spokesman Anthony Black said Friday.

The Utah Board of Tourism Development has agreed to spend $250,000 to promote a possible direct flight to Paris in an effort to lure more international travelers to Utah and show Delta Air Lines the state is committed to making the route a success.

In its first year of operation, the Cabela's retail store in Lehi is apparently close to matching the Mormon Church's venerable Temple Square as Utah's most visited location. And it has left behind the state's renowned national parks, even though they have been in the making for millions of years.

A record number of passengers used the Salt Lake City International Airport in 2005, which was also the first year the number of passengers here exceeded levels recorded before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.